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Remember it could be worse …
Maybe, winter chores aren’t so bad. Maybe they are the antidote to the malaise of modern life. And maybe, just maybe, Eliza Blue will make it through March.
Will pricing crops now reduce risk?
The bottom line is that 2011 is likely to be a profitable year for farmers. Determining just how profitable involves a complicated equation that includes number of bushels per acre, price per bushel, level of revenue protection and hedging.
Record beef supplies suppress prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Meat supplies will remain large for the remainder of the year, and may push finished steer prices down by $5 per hundredweight.
World ‘avoided deforestation’ program would reduce global carbon emissions
COLUMBUS — Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests.
Corn hybrid success subject to weather
COLUMBUS – Near-perfect growing conditions in 2004 has landed another year of exceptional results for corn hybrids evaluated in the Ohio State University
There are different types of life, loss
The feeling of loss comes in many different forms. Judith Sutherland shares her range of emotions, following the loss of two people she held near and dear.
It’s pinkeye season again for cattle
Not only has pinkeye (Moraxella Bovis) reared its ugly head again this year, it has brought its bigger, tougher brother, Moraxella Bovoculi, to the fight.
Farewell, FSA Andy
After nearly 24 years and 1,200 installments, the local USDA Farm Service Agency authors of Farm and Dairy’s “Ask FSA Andy” column are saying adieu.
It’s about time, Mother Nature!
It’s about time, Mother Nature! You must have finally been paying attention to all the hoopla about “Going Green” and decided to give it a try because everywhere there is, indeed, green! Not all at once This hasn’t happened all at once. I watched the barberry hedges begin to sport a filmy veil that gradually
Studying the common house finch from my window
The house finch is a small songbird about the size of the house sparrow with a large beak, short wings, and a long, notched tail.
